PSALTERIVM

PSALMVS III

A Morning Prayer of Trust

A morning psalm of David fleeing from his son Absalom's rebellion, expressing unshakeable trust despite being surrounded by enemies. The verse 'I have slept and risen up' was read by the Fathers as prophetic of Christ's death and resurrection. In the 1962 Breviary, it appears at Sunday Matins (First Nocturn).

LATINE
Domine, quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me? Multi insurgunt adversum me.
Multi dicunt animae meae: Non est salus ipsi in Deo eius.
Tu autem, Domine, susceptor meus es, gloria mea, et exaltans caput meum.
Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi: et exaudivit me de monte sancto suo.
Ego dormivi, et soporatus sum: et exsurrexi, quia Dominus suscepit me.
ENGLISH
Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? Many are they who rise up against me.
Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.
But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
NOTA
FONS
Douay-Rheims (1609) / Vulgata
USUS
Matins (Sunday), Morning Prayer
CONTEXT
Vulgate numbering (differs from Hebrew by one in most psalms).